Bill Commons

DE HB 168

Status unknown

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO NONCOMPLIANCE WITH SENTENCING.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did DE HB 168 pass?

The current status of DE HB 168 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-04-22): Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits

What is DE HB 168 about?

This Act makes it a class G felony if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more felonies. This Act also makes it a class A misdemeanor if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more misdemeanors and no felonies.

Who sponsors DE HB 168?

Melanie Ross Levin, Sarah McBride, Franklin D. Cooke and 5 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 168.

Description

This Act makes it a class G felony if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more felonies. This Act also makes it a class A misdemeanor if a person breaches a no contact provision of the person's sentencing order, where the sentence was for 1 or more misdemeanors and no felonies.

Introduced
2025-05-15
Latest action
2026-04-22 — Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Melanie Ross Levinprimary
  • Sarah McBrideprimary
  • Franklin D. Cookeprimary
  • Brian Pettyjohnprimary
  • Laura V. Sturgeonprimary
  • Mara Gormanprimary
  • Nicole Pooreprimary
  • Krista Griffithprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-22

    Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  2. 2026-04-09

    Amendment SA 1 to HB 168 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

  3. 2025-06-26

    Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate

    introduction,referral-committee

  4. 2025-06-26

    Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 1 NO 1 ABSENT 1 VACANT

    passage

  5. 2025-06-26

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 168 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  6. 2025-06-26

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 168 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-06-11

    Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 1 Favorable, 8 On Its Merits

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-15

    Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SM

    2025-06-26 · pass · 38-1

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
    • Frank Burns: yes
    • William Bush: yes
    • William J. Carson: yes
    • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
    • Richard G. Collins: yes
    • Franklin D. Cooke: yes
    • Daniel B. Short: yes
    • Timothy D. Dukes: yes
    • Mara Gorman: yes
    • Ronald E. Gray: yes
    • Krista Griffith: yes
    • Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
    • Debra Heffernan: yes
    • Kevin S Hensley: yes
    • Jeff Hilovsky: yes
    • Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
    • Kendra Johnson: yes
    • Kimberly Williams: yes
    • Kamela T Smith: yes
    • Larry Lambert: yes
    • Sean M. Lynn: no
    • Michael F. Smith: yes
    • Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
    • Shannon Morris: yes
    • Eric Morrison: yes
    • DeShanna U Neal: yes
    • Josue O Ortega: yes
    • Edward S. Osienski: yes
    • Sophie Phillips: yes
    • Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
    • Cyndie Romer: yes
    • Melanie Ross Levin: yes
    • Sherae'a Moore: yes
    • Bryan W. Shupe: yes
    • Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
    • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
    • Jesse R. Vanderwende: other
    • Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
    • Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142304

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T03:53:51.443619Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=DE&identifier=HB 168. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.